THE SEEDS ACT, 1966                                                                                                                                        

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS                                                                                                            

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SECTIONS 

1. Short title, extent and commencement. 

2. Definitions. 

3. Central Seed Committee. 

4. Central Seed Laboratory and State Seed Laboratory. 

5. Power to notify kinds or varieties of seeds. 

6. Power to specify minimum limits of germination and purity, etc. 

7. Regulation or sale of seeds of notified kinds or varieties. 

8. Certification agency. 

8A. The Central Seed Certification Board. 

8B. Other Committees. 

8C. Proceedings of Board or Committee not to be invalid by reason of any vacancy therein. 

8D. Procedure for Board. 

8E. Secretary and other officers. 

9. Grant of certificate by certification agency. 

10. Revocation of certificate. 

11. Appeal. 

12. Seed Analysts. 

13. Seed Inspectors. 

14. Powers of Seed Inspector. 

15. Procedure to be followed by Seed Inspectors. 

16. Report of Seed Analyst. 

17. Restriction on export and import of seeds of notified kinds or varieties. 

18. Recognition of seed certification agencies of foreign countries. 

19. Penalty. 

20. Forfeiture of property. 

21. Offences by companies. 

22. Protection of action taken in good faith. 

23. Power to give directions. 

24. Exemption. 

25. Power to make rules. 

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THE SEEDS ACT, 1966 

ACT NO. 54 OF 1966 

[29th December, 1966.] 

An Act to provide for regulating the quality of certain seeds for sale, and for matters connected 

therewith. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventeenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Seeds Act, 1966. 

(2) It extends to the whole of India. 
(3)  It  shall  came  into  force  on  such  date1  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the 
Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and 
for different States or for different areas thereof. 

2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

(1) “agriculture” includes horticulture; 

(2) “Central Seed Laboratory” means the Central Seed Laboratory established or declared as such 

under sub-section (1) of section 4; 

(3)  “certification  agency”  means  the  certification  agency  established  under  section  8  or 

recognised under section 18; 

(4)  “Committee”  means  the  Central  Seed  Committee  constituted  under  sub-section  (1)  of      

section 3; 

(5)  “container”  means  a  box,  bottle,  gasket,  tin,  barrel,  case,  receptacle,  sack,  bag,  wrapper  or 

other thing in which any article or thing is placed or packed; 

(6) “export” means taking out of India to a place outside India; 

(7) “import” means bringing into India from a place outside India; 

(8) “kind” means one or more related species or sub-species of crop plants each individually or 

collectively known by one common name such as cabbage, maize, paddy and wheat; 

(9) “notified kind or variety”, in relation to any seed, means any kind or variety thereof notified 

under section 5; 

(10) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 

(11) “seed” means any of the following classes of seeds used for sowing or planting— 

(i) seed of food crops including edible oil seeds and seeds of fruits and vegetables; 

(ii) cotton seeds; 

(iii) seeds of cattle fodder; 
2[(iv) jute seeds,] 

and  includes  seedlings,  and  tubers,  bulbs,  rhizomes,  roots,  cuttings,  all  types  of  grafts  and  other 
vegetatively propagated material, of food crops or cattle fodder; 

(12) “Seed Analyst” means a Seed Analyst appointed under section 12; 

1. 2nd September, 1968, vide notification No. S.O. 3122, dated 29th August, 1968, in respect of ss. 1 to 6, ss. 8 to 11, s. 18, ss. 22 

to 25 see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii). 

1st October, 1969, vide notification No. S.O. 4049, dated the 24th September, 1969, in respect of ss. 7, 12 to 17 (both inclusive) 

and 19 to 21 (both inclusive), see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii). 

2. Ins. by Act 55 of 1972, s. 2 (w.e.f. 16-1-1973). 

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(13) “Seed Inspector” means a Seed Inspector appointed under section 13; 

(14) “State Government” in relation to a Union Territory, means the administrator thereof; 
(15)  “State  Seed  Laboratory”,  in  relation  to  any  State,  means  the  State  Seed  Laboratory 

established or declared as such under sub-section (2) of section 4 for that State; and 

(16) “variety” means a sub-division of a kind identifiable by growth, yield, plant, fruit, seed, or 

other characteristic. 

3.  Central  Seed  Committee.—(1)  The  Central  Government  shall,  as  soon  as  may  be  after  the 
commencement  of  this  Act,  constitute  a  Committee  called  the  Central  Seed  Committee  to  advice  the 
Central Government and the State Governments on matters arising out of the administration of this Act 
and to carry out the other functions assigned to it by or under this Act. 

(2) The Committee shall consist of the following members, namely:— 
(i) a Chairman to be nominated by the Central Government; 
(ii) eight persons to be nominated by the Central Government to represent such interests as that 
Government thinks fit, of whom not less than two persons shall be representatives of growers of seed; 

(iii) one person to be nominated by the Government of each of the States. 

(3)  The  members  of  the  Committee  shall,  unless  their  seals  become  vacant  earlier  by  resignation, 

death or otherwise, be entitled to hold office for two years and shall be eligible for re-nomination. 

(4) The Committee may, subject to the previous approval of the Central Government, make bye-laws 

fixing the quorum and regulating its own procedure and the conduct of all business to be transacted by it. 

(5) The Committee may appoint one or more sub-committees, consisting wholly of members of the 
Committee or wholly of other persons or partly of members of the Committee and partly of other persons, 
as  it  thinks  fit,  for  the  purpose  of  discharging  such  of  its  functions  as  may  be  delegated  to  such                
sub-committee or sub-committees by the Committee. 

(6) The functions of the Committee or any sub-committee thereof may be exercised notwithstanding 

any vacancy therein. 

(7)  The  Central  Government  shall  appoint  a  person  to  be  the  secretary  of  the  Committee  and  shall 

provide the Committee with such clerical and other staff as the Central Government considers necessary. 

4.  Central  Seed  Laboratory  and  State  Seed  Laboratory.—(1) The  Central  Government  may,  by 
notification in the Official Gazette, establish a Central Seed Laboratory or declare any seed laboratory as 
the  Central  Seed  Laboratory  to  carry  out  the  functions  entrusted  to  the  Central  Seed  Laboratory  by  or 
under this Act. 

(2) The  State  Government may,  by  notification  in the  Official  Gazette,  establish  one  or  more  State 
Seed Laboratories or declare any seed laboratory as the State Seed Laboratory where analysis of seeds of 
any notified kind or variety shall be carried out by Seed Analysts under this Act in the prescribed manner. 

5. Power to notify kinds or varieties of seeds.—If the Central Government, after consultation with 
the Committee, is of opinion that it is necessary or expedient to regulate the quality of seed of any kind or 
variety to be sold for purposes of agriculture, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare such 
kind or variety to be a notified kind or variety for the purposes of this Act and different kinds or varieties 
may be notified for different States or for different areas thereof. 

6.  Power  to  specify  minimum  limits  of  germination  and  purity,  etc.—The  Central  Government 

may, after consultation with the Committee and by notification in the Official Gazette, specify— 

(a) the minimum limits of germination and purity with respect to any seed of any notified kind or 

variety; 

(b) the mark or label to indicate that such seed conforms to the minimum limits of germination 

and purity specified under clause (a) and the particulars which such mark or label may contain. 

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7. Regulation or sale of seeds of notified kinds or varieties.—No person shall, himself or by any 
other person on his behalf, carry on the business of selling, keeping for sale, offering to sell, bartering or 
otherwise supplying any seed of any notified kind or variety, unless— 

(a) such seed is identifiable as to its kind or variety; 

(b)  such  seed  conforms  to  the  minimum  limits  of  germination  and  purity  specified  under        

clause (a) of section 6; 

(c) the container  of  such  seed  bears in the  prescribed  manner,  the  mark  or  label  containing  the 

correct particulars thereof, specified under clause (b) of section 6; and 

(d) he complies with such other requirements as may be prescribed. 

8. Certification agency.—The State Government or the Central Government in consultation with the 
State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish a certificate agency for the State 
to carry out the functions entrusted to the certification agency by or under this Act. 

1[8A. The Central Seed Certification Board.—(1) The Central Government shall, by notification in 
the Official Gazette, establish a Central Seed Certification Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board) to 
advise the Central Government and the State Governments on all matters relating to certification, and to 
co-ordinate the functioning of the agencies established under section 8. 

(2) The Board shall consist of the following members, namely:— 

(i) a Chairman, to be nominated by the Central Government; 

(ii) four members, to be nominated by the Central Government from out of the persons employed 

by the State Governments as Directors of Agriculture; 

(iii)  three  members,  to  be  nominated  by  the  Central  Government  from  out  of  the  persons 

employed by the Agricultural Universities as Directors of Research; 

(iv) thirteen  persons, to  be  nominated  by  the  Central Government  to represent  such interests  as 
that  Government  thinks  fit,  of  whom  not  less  than  four  persons  shall  be  representatives  of  seed 
producers or tradesmen. 

(3) A member of the Board shall, unless his seat becomes vacant earlier by resignation or otherwise, 

be entitled to hold office for two years from the date of his nomination: 

Provided that a person nominated under clause (ii) or clause (iii) of sub-section (2) shall hold office 

only for so long as he holds the appointment by virtue of which his nomination was made. 

8B.  Other  Committees.—The  Board  may  appoint  as  many  Committees  as  it  deems  fit  consisting 
wholly of the members of the Board or wholly of other persons or partly of members of the Board and 
partly  of  other  persons  as  it  thinks  fit  to  exercise  such  powers  and  perform  such  duties  as  may  be 
delegated to them, subject to such conditions as it may think fit, by the Board. 

8C.  Proceedings  of  Board  or  Committee  not  to  be  invalid  by  reason  of  any  vacancy         

therein.—No proceeding of the Board or any Committee thereof shall become invalid merely by reason 
of the existence of any vacancy therein or any defect in the constitution thereof. 

8D.  Procedure  for  Board.—The  Board  may,  subject 

to 

the  previous  approval  of 

the                  

Central Government, make bye-laws for the purpose of regulating its own procedure and   the procedure 
of any Committee thereof and the conduct of all business to be transacted by it or such Committee. 

8E. Secretary and other officers.—The Central Government shall— 

(i) appoint a person to be the Secretary of the Board, and 

(ii)  provide  the  Board  with  such  technical  and  other  staff  as the  Central  Government  considers 

necessary.] 

1. Ins. by Act 55 of 1972, s. 3 (w.e.f. 16-1-1973). 

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9. Grant of certificate by certification agency.—(1) Any person selling, keeping for sale, offering 
to sell, bartering or otherwise supplying any seed of any notified kind or variety may, if he desires to have 
such  seed  certified  by  the  certification  agency,  apply  to  the  certification  agency  for  the  grant  of  a 
certificate for the purpose. 

(2) Every application under sub-section (1) shall be made in such form, shall contain such particulars 

and shall be accompanied by such fees as may be prescribed. 

(3) On receipt of any such application for the grant of a certificate, the certification agency may, after 
such  enquiry  as  it  thinks  fit  and  after  satisfying  itself  that  the  seed  to  which  the  application  relates 
conforms to the 1[prescribed standards], grant a certificate in such form and on such conditions as may be 
prescribed: 

2[Provided that such standards shall not be lower than the minimum limits of germination and purity 

specified for that seed under clause (a) of section 6.] 

10. Revocation of certificate.—If the certification agency is satisfied, either on a reference made to it 

in this behalf or otherwise, that— 

(a) the certificate granted by it under section 9 has been obtained by misrepresentation as to an 

essential fact; or 

(b)  the  holder  of  the  certificate  has,  without  reasonable  cause,  failed  to  comply  with  the 
conditions subject to which the certificate has been granted or has contravened any of the provisions 
of this Act or the rules made thereunder, 

then, without prejudice to any other penalty to which the holder of the certificate may be liable under this 
Act,  the  certification  agency  may,  after  giving  the  holder  of  the  certificate  an  opportunity  of  showing 
cause, revoke the certificate. 

11.  Appeal.—(1)  Any  person  aggrieved  by  a  decision  of  a  certification  agency  under  section  9  or 
section 10, may within thirty days from the date  on which the decision is communicated to him and on 
payment of such fees as may be prescribed, prefer an appeal to such authority as may be specified by the 
State Government in this behalf: 

Provided  that  the  appellate  authority  may  entertain  an  appeal  after  the  expiry  of  the  said  period  of 
thirty days if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal in 
time. 

(2)  On  receipt  of  an  appeal  under  sub-section  (1),  the  appellate  authority  shall,  after  giving  the 

appellate an opportunity of being heard, dispose of the appeal as expeditiously as possible. 

(3) Every order of the appellate authority under this section shall be final. 

12. Seed Analysts.—The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint such 
persons  as  it  thinks  fit,  having  the  prescribed  qualifications,  to  be  Seed  Analysts  and  define  the  areas 
within which they shall exercise jurisdiction. 

13. Seed Inspectors.—(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint 
such  persons  as  it  thinks  fit,  having  the  prescribed  qualifications,  to  be  Seed  Inspectors  and  define  the 
areas within which they shall exercise jurisdiction. 

(2) Every Seed Inspector shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of 
the  Indian  Penal  Code  (45  of  1860)  and  shall  be  officially  subordinate  to  such  authority  as  the  State 
Government may specify in this behalf.  

14. Powers of Seed Inspector.—(1) The Seed Inspector may— 

(a) take samples of any seed in any notified kind or variety from— 

(i) any person selling such seed; or 

1. Subs. by Act 55 of 1972, s. 4, for certain words (w.e.f. 16-1-1973). 
2. The proviso added by s. 4, ibid. (w.e.f. 16-1-1973). 

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(ii) any person who is in the course of conveying, delivering or preparing to deliver such seed 

to a purchaser or a consignee; or 

(iii) a purchaser or a consignee after delivery of such seed to him; 

(b) send such sample for analysis to the Seed Analyst for the area within which such sample has 

been taken; 

(c)  enter  and  search  at  all  reasonable  times,  with  such  assistance,  if  any,  as  he  considers 
necessary, any place in which he has reason to believe that an offence under this Act has been or is 
being  committed  and order  in  writing  the  person in  possession  of  any  seed  in  respect  of  which the 
offence has been or is being committed, not to dispose of any stock of such seed for a specific period 
not exceeding thirty days or, unless the alleged offence is such that the defect may be removed by the 
possessor of the seed, seize the stock of such seed; 

(d)  examine  any  record,  register,  document  or  any  other  material  object  found  in  any  place 
mentioned in clause (c) and seize the same if he has reason to believe that if may furnish evidence of 
the commission of an offence punishable under this Act; and 

(e) exercise such other powers as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act or 

any rule made thereunder. 

(2)  Where  any  sample  of  any  seed  of  any  notified  kind  or  variety  is  taken  under  clause  (a)  of         

sub-section (1), its cost, calculated at the rate at which such seed is usually sold to the public, shall be 
paid on demand to the person from whom it is taken. 

(3)  The  power  conferred  by  this  section  includes  power  to  break-open  any  container  in  which  any 
seed of any notified kind or variety may be contained or to break-open the door of any premises where 
any such seed may be kept for sale: 

Provided that the power to break-open the door shall be exercised only after the owner or any other 
person  in  occupation  of the  premises, if  he  is  present  therein, refuses  to  open  the  door  on  being  called 
upon to do so. 

(4) Where the Seed Inspector takes any action under clause (a) of sub-section (1), he shall, as far as 
possible, call not less than two persons to be present at the time when such action is taken and take their 
signatures on a memorandum to be prepared in the prescribed form and manner. 

(5) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), shall, so far as may be, apply 
to any search or seizure under this section as they apply to any search or seizure made under the authority 
of a warrant issued under section 98 of the said Code. 

15. Procedure to be followed by Seed Inspectors.—(1) Whenever a Seed Inspector intends to take 

sample of any seed of any notified kind or variety or analysis, he shall— 

(a) give notice in writing, then and there, of such intention to the person from whom he intends to 

take sample; 

(b)  except  in  special  cases  provided  by  rules  made  under  this  Act,  take  three  representative 
samples in the prescribed manner and mark and seal or fasten up each sample in such manner as its 
nature permits. 

(2) When samples of any seed of any notified kind or variety are taken under sub-section (1), the Seed 

Inspector shall— 

(a) deliver one sample to the person from whom it has been taken; 

(b)  send  in the  prescribed manner  another  sample  for  analysis  to  the  Seed  Analyst  for  the  area 

within which such sample has been taken; and 

(c)  retain  the  remaining  sample  in  the  prescribed  manner  for  production  in  case  any  legal 
proceedings  are  taken  or  for  analysis  by  the  Central  Seed  Laboratory  under  sub-section  (2)  of    
section 16, as the case may be. 

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(3) If the person from whom the samples have been taken refuses to accept one of the samples, the 
Seed Inspector shall send intimation to the Seed Analyst of such refusal and thereupon the Seed Analyst 
receiving the sample for analysis shall divide it into two parts and shall seal or fasten up one of those parts 
and shall cause it, either upon receipt of the sample or when he delivers his report, to be delivered to the 
Seed Inspector who shall retain it for production in case legal proceedings are taken. 

(4) Where a Seed Inspector takes any action under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 14,— 

(a)  he  shall  use  all  despatch  in  ascertaining  whether  or  not  the  seed  contravenes  any  of  the 
provisions of section 7 and if it is ascertained that the seed does not so contravene, forthwith revoke 
the order passed under the said clause or, as the case may be, take such action as may be necessary for 
the return of the stock of the seed seized; 

(b) if he seizes the stock of the seed, he shall, as soon as may be, inform a magistrate and take his 

orders as to the custody thereof; 

(c) without prejudice to the institution of any prosecution, if the alleged offence is such that the 
defect may be removed by the possessor of the seed, he shall, on being satisfied that the defect has 
been so removed, forthwith revoke the order passed under the said clause. 

(5) Where a Seed Inspector seizes any record, register, document or any other material object under 
clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 14, he shall, as soon as may be, inform a magistrate and take his 
orders as to the custody thereof. 

16. Report of Seed Analyst.—(1) The Seed Analyst shall, as soon as may be after the receipt of the 
sample under sub-section (2) of section 15, analyse the sample at the State Seed Laboratory and deliver, 
in  such  form  as  may  be  prescribed,  one  copy  of  the  report  of  the  result  of  the  analysis  to  the  Seed 
Inspector and another copy thereof to the person from whom the sample has been taken. 

(2) After the institution of a prosecution under this Act, the accused vendor or the complainant may, 
on  payment  of  the  prescribed  fee,  make  an  application  to  the  court  for  sending  any  of  the  samples 
mentioned in clause (a) or clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 15 to the Central Seed Laboratory for its 
report  and  on  receipt  of  the  application,  the  court  shall  first  ascertain  that  the  mark  and  the  seal  or 
fastening as provided in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 15 are intact and may then despatch the 
sample  under  its  own  seal  to  the  Central  Seed  Laboratory  which  shall  thereupon  send  its  report  to  the 
court in the prescribed form within one month from the date of receipt of the sample, specifying the result 
of the analysis. 

(3) The report send by the Central Seed Laboratory under sub-section (2) shall supersede the report 

given by the Seed Analyst under sub-section (1). 

(4) Where  the  report sent by  the  Central  Seed  Laboratory  under  sub-section (2)  is  produced  in  any 
proceedings under section 19, it shall not be necessary in such proceedings to produce any sample or part 
thereof taken for analysis. 

17. Restriction on export and import of seeds of notified kinds or varieties.—No person shall, for 
the  purpose  of  showing  or  planting  by  any  person  (including  himself),  export  or  import  or  cause  to  be 
exported or imported any seed of any notified kind or variety, unless— 

(a)  it  conforms  to  the  minimum  limits  of  germination  and  purity  specified  for  that  seed  under       

clause (a) of section 6; and 

(b)  its  container  bears,  in  the  prescribed  manner,  the  mark  or  label  with  the  correct  particulars 

thereof specified for that seed under clause (b) of section 6. 

18.  Recognition  of  seed  certification  agencies  of  foreign  countries.—The  Central  Government 
may, on the recommendation of the Committee and by notification in the Official Gazette, recognise any 
seed certification agency established in any foreign country, for the purposes of this Act. 

19. Penalty.—If any person— 

(a) contravenes any provision of this Act or any rule made thereunder; or 

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(b) prevents a Seed Inspector from taking sample under this Act; or 

(c) prevents a Seed Inspector from exercising any other power conferred on him by or under this 

Act, 

he shall, on conviction, be punishable— 

(i) for the first offence with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, and 

(ii) in the event of such person having been previously convicted of an offence under this section, 
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one 
thousand rupees, or with both. 

20.  Forfeiture  of  property.—When  any  person  has  been  convicted  under  this  Act  for  the 
contravention  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Act  or  the  rules  made  thereunder,  the  seed  in  respect  of 
which the contravention has been committed may be forfeited to the Government. 

21.  Offences  by  companies.—(1)  Where  an  offence  under  this  Act  has  been  committed  by  a 
company, every person who at the time the offence was committed was in charge of, and was responsible 
to, the company for the conduct of the business of the company, as well as the company, shall be deemed 
to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly: 

Provided  that  nothing  contained  in  this  sub-section  shall  render  any  such  person  liable  to  any 
punishment under this Act if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge and that he 
exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence. 

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where an offence under this Act has been 
committed  by  a  company  and  it  is  proved  that  the  offence  has  been  committed  with  the  consent  or 
connivance of, or is attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other 
officer of the company, such director, manager, secretary or other officer shall also be deemed to be guilty 
of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. 

Explanation.—For the purposes of this section,— 

(a)  “company”  means  any  body  corporate  and  includes  a  firm  or  other  association  of    

individuals; and 

(b) “director”, in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm. 

22. Protection of action taken in good faith.—Not suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall 
lie against the Government or any officer of the Government for anything which is in good faith done or 
intended to be done under this Act. 

23.  Power  to  give  directions.—The  Central  Government  may  give  such  directions  to  any  State 
Government as may appear to the Central Government to be necessary for carrying into execution in the 
State any of the provisions of this Act or of any rule made thereunder. 

24. Exemption.—Nothing in this Act shall apply to any seed of any notified kind or variety grown by 
a person and sold or delivered by him on his own premises direct to another person for being used by that 
person for the purpose of sowing or planting. 

25. Power to make rules.—(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, 

make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act. 

(2)  In  particular  and  without  prejudice  to  the  generality  of  the  foregoing  power,  such  rules  may 

provide for— 

(a) the functions of the Committee and the travelling and daily allowances payable to members of 

the Committee and members of any sub-Committee appointed under sub-section (5) of section 3; 

(b) the functions of the Central Seed Laboratory; 

(c) the functions of a certification agency; 

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(d) the manner of marking or labelling the container of seed of any notified kind or variety under 

clause (c) of section 7 and under clause (b) of section 17; 

(e) the requirements which may be complied with by a person carrying on the business referred to 

in section 7; 

(f)  the  form  of  application  for  the  grant  of  a  certificate  under  section  9,  the  particulars  it  may 
contain, the fees which should accompany it, the form of the certificate and the conditions subject to 
which the certificate may be granted; 

1[(ff) the standards to which seeds should conform;] 

(g) the form and manner in which and the fee on payment of which an appeal may be preferred 
under  section  11  and  the  procedure  to  be  followed  by  the  appellate  authority  in  disposing  of  the 
appeal; 

(h) the qualifications and duties of Seed Analysts and Seed Inspectors; 

(i) the manner in which samples may be taken by the Seed Inspector, the procedure for sending 
such samples to the Seed Analyst or the Central Seed Laboratory and the manner of analysing such 
samples; 

(j)  the  form  of  report  of  the  result  of  the  analysis  under  sub-section  (1)  or  sub-section  (2)  of 

section 16 and the fees payable in respect of such report under the said sub-section (2); 

(k) the records to be maintained by a person carrying on the business referred to in section 7 and 

the particulars which such records shall contain; and 

(l) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed. 

(3) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made, before each House 
of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session 
or 2[in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the 
session or the successive sessions aforesaid] both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or 
both  Houses  agree that  the  rule should  not be  made,  that  rule  shall,  thereafter  have  effect  only  in  such 
modified  form  or  be  of  no  effect,  as  the  case  may  be;  so,  however,  that  any  such  modification  or 
annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule. 

1. Ins. by Act 55 of 1972, s. 5 (w.e.f. 16-1-1973). 
2. Subs. by s. 5, ibid., for certain words (w.e.f. 16-1-1973). 

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